Breitbart: Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate former Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) told Breitbart News Washington political editor Matt Boyle on Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday that he is “running against a guy who wants a 40 percent tax increase in Florida.”
DeSantis is in a close battle for governor with the Democratic candidate, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, in Tuesday’s election. DeSantis resigned his seat in Congress shortly after winning the Republican primary for governor in August in order to focus exclusively on the race.
“Yesterday we got new job numbers, 250,000 jobs added in the month of October alone. A thousand manufacturing jobs a day. Unemployment still down at 3.7 percent. We haven’t seen unemployment that low for a long time. We’ve got a three percent rise in wages. What do you make of the new jobs numbers and how important is that going into Tuesday?” Boyle asked.
“It’s as good a jobs report as you could really get,” De Santis said.
“I think the economy is humming. I think that clearly we’re much better off than we were several years ago under Obama’s policies. I think most voters get that,” he added.
“I think the issue is how much is the economy going to drive voters’ choices? People say everyone always votes with their pocket book. I think what happens is, when the economy is doing well, sometimes voters just take it for granted. To the extent they are really focusing on the economy, I think it’s a slam dunk for Republicans like me,” he continued.
“I’m running against a guy who wants a 40 percent tax increase in Florida. That would destroy jobs and hurt business,” De Santis told Boyle.
“There are certain voters who will not give President Trump credit for anything. You even saw [former President] Obama yesterday down in Florida trying to take credit for the economy! We had such a lackluster economy when he was president, and now these great numbers, and he’s trying to say that’s because of him, which is just laughable!” more here
Hoping but doubtful Vertias’ expose last week will make a difference. There’s enough stupid people in Florida to give it to Chocolate Messiah II just to say they did.
I hope these games with numbers help, though it’s 5.5% to 7.5% (that’s where the “40%” comes from) for a business tax.
GROOL, that Veritas video has made *considerable* waves around the state.
The people who will vote for his opponent don’t pay taxes, so it doesn’t matter to them at all.
@The Good GENERAL Svejk – Gillum wants to raise the current 5.5% business tax to 7.75%. A business that would pay $10,000 currently would be billed $14,090.91 with that increase. That’s a 40.9% hike.
(I’m a numbers-oriented Floridian geek so I remember these things.)
Florida should abolish welfare so the free-shitters will go somewhere else. Clean up the state. Watch crime rate plummet.